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(From page 1) the Queen Street scene after the in- cident had begun, said he was at- tempting to calm down the father of the accused, Raymond Lindensmith, when Mrs. Lindensmith 'grabbed my tie and collar," asking Sgt. Hudson to leave her husband alone. '"The atmosphere at the scene was very noisy and combative,' Sgt. Hudson said. "In my opinion, they (the officers) exhibited considerable. restraint in removing the suspects from the scepe, considering their violent nature." Scott Wallace, a Port Perry resi- dent who was at a nearby donut shop when the scuffle began, went to the scene and reportedly saw Farkas struggling with police. "He was acting like a 'madman' and screaming obsenities," the witness testified for the Crown at- torney, Mike Gillen. Jamie Donaldson, another Crown witness, who initially heard the in- cident from the window of his apart- ment overlooking the scene, said, "We heard some loud yelling, just a large commotion, below our apart- ment window.' He said people were asking why they were being charged, including Mrs. Lindensmith, who reportedly - said, "Let me talk to my son, I can calm him down." Testimony for defence lawyer Howard Swartz, which began with Louis Farkas and Brian Lindensmith, and will continue on Wednesday, was very different. Farkas claimed he carried an empty cup across the street, a souvenir of Nova Scotia given to him at the party. Brian Lindensmith said the styrofoam cup police saw him with didn't exist. The two men, both in their early 20's, were about to leave Queen Street in Lindensmith's pick-up truck, with Mrs. Lindensmith driv- ing Farkas and other party-goers home. Farkas said Constable Annas ap- proached him, where he was stan- , ding beside the passenger door of ' the truck, and asked him for his identification. He then said the policeman escorted him to the back of the jimmy and asked for iden- tification again. As he was reaching for it, Farkas said, one arm was twisted behind his back and he was More police officers (From page 1) "The additional payroll cost, to Regional taxpayers would be in the : neighbourhood of $548,000 this year. Chief Jenkins told the Region's finance committee last week that if approved, the additional staff could ~ be phased in over seven. months starting on April 1. Whether the request for the addi- tional 36 staff peopl proved will be up to the Regional youncil which ultimately gives final ap- proval to the Police Depagtment's budget, projected this year {o be just over $27 millien. Durham council's finance com- mittee chairman Jim Witty is quoted last week as suggesting the additional staff requests may not be .. feasible as the Region is facing some $1.2 million in overall budget cuts to meet a ten percent hike in spending for this year. The propos- ed police budget may have to be trimmed by $175,000 to meet the guideline increases for "87. In addressing the Finance Com- mittee last week, Durham's Police Chief said the Region is-well below . the provincial average in the ratio of police to population. - The Region has one officer for every 770 people, yet Durham is a far-flung Region 'with some 2600 Short Term Deposits 612% 30 - 89 DAYS Special rates also ava: lable © on other amounts. All rates shown subject to change without notice RATES SHOWN PER ANNUM 7 15% 30 - 89 DAYS Interest Paid at Maturity. Min. Deposit $100,000. or more square kilometres, many of them in isolated rural areas. He said the number of calls to the .-Police Department has jumped by 19 percent over the past three years, but the manpower shortage means some residents have been forced to wait up to an hour for an officer to arrive on the scene. Chief Jenkins said the Region got into this predicament back in 1981-82-83 when financial constraints ruled out additions to the force's personnel. The force has been trying to. "catch up ever since' especially in light of the population surge in Durham over the past couple of years. Just to meet the provincial average for Regional Police forces, Durham would have to bolster the present staff levels by 46 officers and 27 civilian staff over and above the 36 requested this year. The Police budget unveiled last - week had already been chopped by about $900,000. Taxpayers in the Region will pay just over $21 for police profection in 1987 (if the budget is approved without further cuts) while the pro- vincial government contributes $5.5 million on a formula based on population. Durham now has a population of 337,000 people. Higher Interest on Your Investments Guaranteed Investment Certificates 87 1 YEAR TERM Min. Deposit $500. Interest Paid Annually. placed face first over the back of the police cruiser. "I was going for my wallet when he threw me on top of the car," he said. 'I was all bent up like a pretzel. I didn't know I was being put under arrest. I wanted to be free and ask why I was being treated this way' "You'd be upset too if it was happen- ing to you. I'd asked all the way through the whole struggle why 1 was being treated that way. | wasn't in for fighting or anything. It's not in my nature. I was yelling because I was in pain. "I wasn't really resisting. I just wanted to ask a question. If they had of just told me why I was being ar- rested 1 would have been more cooperative." While Crown witnesses testified Farkas was intoxicated, the suspect himself said he had had five drinks throughout the evening. He deied using abusive language. Farkas revealed he had cut ond bleeding wrists as the result of the 'incident, as well as a badly bruised torso and back. Brian 'Lindensmith testified he was sitting in the truck when PC An- nas was putting Farkas over the back of the cruiser. Leaving the vehicle, he said he approached the policeman and asked him "what he was doing. When he didn't answer, I tapped him on the shoulder." Addressing the Crown, he said, B- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 10, 1987 -- 3 Queen St. scuffle trial continues PC Annas testified Lindensmith grabbed him, and asked his fellow officer, PC Mann, to restrain Lindensmith. Lindensmith, on the other hand, testified that Annas said, "Put that little +- in the car." He then said PC Mann grabbed him by the arms and put him inside the cruiser. Attempting to stop himself from going in, he said he put his hands up against the door. "That's when my hand was broken," Lindensmith said, referr- ing to a broken knuckle on his right hand. Describing the confrontation bet- ween PC Annas and Farkas, Lindensmith said Annas was "being fairly brutal. I yelled out a few times to get him off...I observed a commo- tion going on and Louis screaming, * Accounting trying to find out what was going on...1 noticed my father was in a headlock, I'm not sure why." At one point he attempted to leave the cruiser, but was handcuffed and put back in. When PC Mann put the Nova Scotia mug inside the cruiser, Lindensmith said it hit his knee, and in frustration, he threw it back out- side to his girlfriend, who missed, and the mug shattéred on the curb. As a result of the scene on Queen St., Lindensmith said he suffered a broken hand, as well as bruises on the back of his arms. He told the court he wore a cast for more than a month and missed close to two months of work. Lindensmith's testimony will commence on W y afternoon in Oshawa Provincial Court. N&R BUSINESS SERVICES 1-263-8323 Services to Businesses * Payroll * Tax Planning & Preparation * Consulting Services to Individuals + RICHARD LOWE, BA. MA. 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